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Most of the Story is Missing: Advocating for a More Complete Intervention Story

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  1. We use lower case ‘indigenous’ in universal reference to local theory, practices, and understandings of cultures. Upper case ‘Indigenous’ refers specifically to the peoples aboriginal to Alaska, North America, and global settings, and to their local theory, practices, and understandings.

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Acknowledgments

This research was funded by the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, the National Institute for Minority Health and Health Disparities, and the National Center for Research Resources [R21AA016098-01, RO1AA11446; R21AA016098; R24MD001626; P20RR061430].

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  1. Community and Prevention Research, Department of Psychology (MC 285), University of Illinois at Chicago, 1007 W Harrison St, Chicago, IL, 60607, USA

    Edison J. Trickett

  2. Department of Psychology, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA, USA

    Joseph E. Trimble

  3. University of Minnesota Medical School, Duluth Campus, Minneapolis, MN, USA

    James Allen

  4. Center for Alaska Native Health Research, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK, USA

    James Allen

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Trickett, E.J., Trimble, J.E. & Allen, J. Most of the Story is Missing: Advocating for a More Complete Intervention Story. Am J Community Psychol 54, 180–186 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10464-014-9645-3

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